package org.apache.lucene.queryParser.core.config;

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import org.apache.lucene.util.AttributeSource;

/**
 * This class represents a field configuration. Every configuration should be
 * set using the methods inherited from {@link AttributeSource}.
 * 
 * @see QueryConfigHandler
 * @see org.apache.lucene.util.Attribute
 */
public class FieldConfig extends AttributeSource {

  private CharSequence fieldName;

  /**
   * Constructs a {@link FieldConfig}
   * 
   * @param fieldName
   *          the field name, it cannot be null
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           if the field name is null
   */
  public FieldConfig(CharSequence fieldName) {

    if (fieldName == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("field name should not be null!");
    }

    this.fieldName = fieldName;

  }

  /**
   * Returns the field name this configuration represents.
   * 
   * @return the field name
   */
  public CharSequence getFieldName() {
    return this.fieldName;
  }
  
  public String toString(){
    return "<fieldconfig name=\"" + this.fieldName + "\" attributes=\"" + super.toString() + "\"/>";
  }

}
